As part of a farewell tribute to the Conservation Review Board — now swallowed whole by the Ontario Land Tribunal — we’re digging into some of the Review Board’s recent decisions in so-called legacy cases. (Note that most if not all of these have been authored by a single CRB, now OLT, member, Daniel Nelson.)1
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something attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.; a quality, character, characteristic, or property
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The clock has run down on Ontario’s Conservation Review Board, a fixture for 46 years of our heritage protection regime. Along with the Ontario Heritage Trust, the CRB was one of our two cultural heritage-focused provincial agencies.
We should be sorry to see it go.
Happy Heritage Week!
In 2019 the province passed Bill 108 (the More Homes, More Choices Act), a developer-friendly grab-bag of changes including amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act.1
We are coming late to grasping the grave threat that climate change poses to our economy, our society and our safety.
What Ever Happened to Building Stories?
Editor’s note: I am happy to welcome another special guest (who also happens to be my friend and near-neighbour) to OHA+M.
The long-delayed changes to the Ontario Heritage Act will — finally — take effect on July 1.
Demolition: Fix the Building Code not the Heritage System!
